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Originally Posted by Macho0978
If you trade him now for a 4th you probably drive up the value of your own first and you get rid of the risk that ownership does not approve the trade at the deadline. Sure, we can all say trade him for a 2nd at the deadline but what if Murray says missing the playoffs isn't worth a 2nd. What if he gets hurt?
If you make the moves now there is a better chance our pick is a top 5 pick. How many teams would trade 10-15 overall pick and a 2nd to move up to top 5? Every team in the league would. The 2nd is not that valuable as just moving on from all these guys wanting out.
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Or...you trade Backlund for very little now and still end up making the playoffs, or narrowly missing and picking in the teens.
Or things go really well and we're firmly in the playoffs and end up trading assets at the TDL for a player exactly like him.